Gallery: the fastest production cars ever

From Jag XK120 and Miura to Venom, meet the quickest road cars in history

Remember the Disco Volante from Sunday's show? Its outline was conceived by the same company that gave us the stunning DB4, Carrozzeria Touring. But despite the fact that the design and superleggera (tube chassis) construction was Italian, the DB4 was the first Aston to be built at Newport Pagnell.